Wed. 1/20 - Baby Megalodons & The Muppet Gatsby

New findings into the cannibalism and sheer size of baby megalodons. Teaching AIs to become our teachers. And The Great Gatsby has only been in the public domain for twenty days and things are already getting weird.

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Baby Megalodons Were 6-Foot-Long Womb Cannibals, Study Suggests (NY Times) AI can solve Rubik's cube—and tell us how it did it. (Fast Company) Vampire Great Gatsby? Fitzgerald's classic novel gets an undead spin now that it's in the public domain (CNET) For ‘Gatsby’ fans, 2021 will be the start of remakes. First up: ‘Nick’ (Washington Post)  The Great Gatsby Performed By NPR's Planet Money (NPR)  Somebody wrote a 104-page Gatsby adaptation for the Muppets (A/V Club)  Muppet Show coming to Disney Plus in February 2020 (A/V Club) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter
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